I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 595 Officials in the capital

"Although, I don't know what great contribution Liu Yuanjian made to get such a reward, but I know that this kind of reward is not a special case in Tiangongyuan.

It is said that more than half of the officials and craftsmen in Tiangongyuan have received more or less rewards in less than half a year. "

"No way, even craftsmen are rewarded?"

"Isn't that right? I heard from a craftsman who made colored glaze that his Majesty rewarded each of them hundreds or even thousands of dollars for making a lot of good things some time ago. Two denarii."

"You may not know that outside the Tiangongyuan, a lot of businesses have suddenly popped up during this period, and it is said that they all serve the people of the Tiangongyuan."

"They all knew that the people in Tiangongyuan were rich, so they went there to do business."

For the other two, it sounds like jealousy.

The so-called being an official for thousands of miles is only for money.

Although this sentence is not completely correct, it is still accurate for the vast majority of officials.

Which of them doesn't want to be rich.

It's a pity that they racked their brains and fought wits and courage with various inspection agencies in the imperial court. After a year, they just made tens of hundreds of taels of floating wealth that still can't be seen by anyone.

Compared with other people's Tiangong Institute, my hard-earned money really makes people feel sad.

Others earned money openly and aboveboard, but as for me, even if I had money, I didn't dare to spend it blatantly.

In contrast, a fourth-rank official myself is not as good as a craftsman who doesn't even have a rank.

How did this world become like this, and how come the officials became the hardest group of people.

The exclamation of the two made the official smile bitterly.

"You two brothers don't need to be envious. It's said that if you are not in your position, you don't seek success. We just need to do our own thing well, and that's enough. Why bother to envy others."

One of them sighed and said,
"Brother, you don't know something, don't look at me as a fourth-rank Beijing official, and my annual salary is only enough to support a dozen or so people in my family.

In recent days, I have wanted to take in a concubine, but I tried my best to get her money back.

I am a Beijing official, but now I am not as good as a mere craftsman. It is quite embarrassing to say it! "

When the two of them heard his words, they also had wry smiles on their faces.

"The morals of the world have indeed changed. This is only the first year of His Majesty's ascension to the throne. If this continues, in a few years, I am afraid that there will not be many people in the world who are willing to be officials. Not all of them will go to become craftsmen." gone."

"That's right, instead of living in the court with intrigue and trepidation every day, it's better to be a carefree craftsman!

Earning almost the same amount, but not having as many troubles as we do, it's really incomparable! "

Just chatting, all the good moods of the few people were lost.

After the steaming steamed buns were served, they didn't feel as sweet as before when they ate them.

These few guys are just a microcosm of the thousands of officials in the Ming Dynasty.

The current changes are nothing to those who want to serve the court wholeheartedly, but they are very willing to see this happen.

But for those who become officials just to earn money, this huge gap is actually unbearable for them.

Some people with more complex minds began to plan for themselves.

After such a long time, they can be regarded as summing up a rule.

Of the various yamen that Li Tian has built in the past six months or so, there are very few that do not make money. The difference is that they earn more and less.

Take the Beijing News Department, which has become one of the most dazzling stars in the capital, as an example.

Originally, Du Zhong was just a little-known Beijing official who had made no achievements over the years, but since he became the head of the Beijing News Department, although his official position has not changed much, his current position in the business circle of the capital can be said to be one of the best. of.

No matter where you go, you will be treated like a guest of honor.

There is no other reason, it is only because he holds the advertising column of the Beijing News in his hand at this time.

Today's Beijing News is not what it used to be. With the development of the habit of reading newspapers, the Beijing News has a large number of loyal readers.

These people covered almost all the three religions and nine streams in the capital, all walks of life.

The effect of a period of advertising at this time is many times higher than before.

Rumors circulated everywhere in the capital that a store had been filled with customers because of an advertisement in the Beijing News.

This also makes it difficult to find an advertising space for the Beijing News.

There are many merchants who spare no expense to curry favor with Du Zhong in order to win an opportunity for publicity.

And Du Zhong also let go, no longer hiding from people as before.

Instead, he accepted the situation generously.

Every day there is a lot of fish and meat, and the meat in the wine pool is very happy.

What he didn't know was that there were countless people in the capital at this time, and their eyes were red because they envied his life like this.

If there is nothing wrong, find an excuse and impeach him.

At the beginning, Du Zhong knew how to restrain himself, but later, seeing that Li Tian didn't take his impeachment seriously, he became even more unscrupulous.

But he also knows what is the priority, and the advertising space is nothing to Li Tian. As long as he can ensure that the other content of the Beijing News will not be problematic and maintain the current state, his position will not be shaken.

Therefore, even if he is in this state of luxury, he will still spare a lot of time to review the content of the Beijing News, making sure that there will be no mistakes.

This is also the main reason why he has survived until now.

Apart from the Beijing News Department, the most enviable thing is Huang Zhun's household reform.

Although this department was established the first time, it is currently the most popular in the court.

One of the main reasons is that this department is presided over by an elder, and the second is that it has become the god of wealth in the Ming Dynasty, which is more sought-after than the position of the household department.

Some people even begged Huang Zhun at the door in order to seek a position in the household reform bureau for their nephews.

At this time, several new yamen had appeared in the court.

Although it is not an important yamen compared to the six ministries, and the positions of the officials are not very high, the benefits are better than the other.

This made many officials in the DPRK and China start to feel flustered, jumping up and down to get into the new yamen, and some even deliberately made mistakes and demoted in order to change jobs.

Li Tian was happy to see that the new yamen was well staffed, but Li Tian couldn't help but smile bitterly at the fact that he made a deliberate mistake and got himself demoted.

(End of this chapter)